How are the living conditions and occupations of the Greeks and Phoenicians similar?

Greeks and Phoenicians interact within the same era – the era of the Ancient World. From the conditions they have a common sea – the Mediterranean, which contributes to the unification of their way of life for a long time. The climate of both those and others is warm. The general can also include, for example, trading at sea. The Phoenicians were generally considered first-class sailors. However, the Phoenicians were authoritarian, in contrast to the Greeks. The Greeks were more harmoniously developed at the expense of art, which cannot be said about the Phoenicians, although they invented the alphabetic alphabet.